Library News: February 2010

Thursday 25 February 2010

TRAINING DATES FROM MARCH TO JULY

Our new programme will be starting in April so I thought it a good time to remind you of the dates that are available till the end of July 2010

Bite Sized Option: Internet for Beginners
AIM: To gain awareness of the range of Internet sites which contain quality health information and to feel confident navigating these sites.
30 March 2010 Tuesday 4 – 5pm
08 April 2010 Thursday 1 - 2pm
04 June 2010 Friday 9.30 - 10.30am

Bite Sized Option: Electronic Books
AIM: How to access and use e-books efficiently from home. Some time will be spent exploring the library catalogue.
22 June 2010 Tuesday 9.- 10am

Bite Sized Option: Literature Searching
AIM: To introduce the clinical databases and learn how to conduct a quick but effective search.
12 March 2010 Friday 3 - 4 pm
30 April 2010 Friday 9 - 10am
25 May 2010 Tuesday 3 - 4pm
28 June 2010 Monday 2 - 3pm
28 July 2010 Wednesday 9.30 -10.30am

Bite Sized Option: Accessing Full Text Articles
AIM: To be able to access the full text of a journal article from a known reference
18 March 2010 Thursday 9 -10am
23 April 2010 Friday 8.30 - 9.30am
10 June 2010 Thursday 1 - 2pm
08 July 2010 Thursday 9.30 - 10.30am

Bite Sized Option: ATHENS ~ It’s all Greek to me!
AIM: To provide an overview of the Athens authentication system and electronic resources via NHS Evidence (National Library for Health)
22 March 2010 Monday 12 - 1pm
27 May 2010 Thursday 12 - 1pm
21 July 2010 Wednesday 9.30 - 10.30am

IN DEPTH Literature Searching
AIM: To provide a comprehensive overview of the NHS clinical databases and to be able to search these effectively using advanced techniques.
24 March 2010 Wednesday 9am - 12
12 April 2010 Monday 1.30 - 4.30pm
18 May 2010 Tuesday 9am - 12pm
16 June 2010 Wednesday 9am - 12pm
22 July 2010 Thursday 1.30 - 4.30pm

The Best Evidence Based Resources
AIM: To understand the purpose and explore the use of prime sources of evidence based information
03 March 2010 Wednesday 1.30 – 4.30pm
11 May 2010 Tuesday 1.30 -4.30pm
13 July 2010 Tuesday 9am - 12pm

Using PubMed Effectively
AIM: To provide an introduction to using PubMed for finding journal articles, including the full text of articles where available
06 May 2010 Thursday 1.30 - 4pm
06 July 2010 Tuesday 9.30am - 12pm

To book, call the Library on 0161 419 4690.
ALL COURSES ARE FREE TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS

Tuesday 23 February 2010

Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice

Ever since the publication of the first edition in 1997, the "Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice" series has met the needs of surgeons in higher training and practising consultants by providing contemporary, evidence-based information on the sub-specialist areas relevant to their general surgical practice. All eight volumes are thoroughly edited and supported by evidence-based references to support key recommendations. This new fourth edition (2009) brings together the relevant state-of-the-art specialist information that the editors and authors consider important for the practising sub-specialist general surgeon.

The titles in the series are:

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Breast Surgery
Transplantation
Oesophagogastric Surgery
Endocrine Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
Core Topics in General and Emergency Surgery

These are now available for borrowing from the Libary

"The Commissioner" ceases publication

The Editorial Group of "The Commissioner" have made the decision to cease publication of this bulletin. This has been an excellent resource for those of you who used it.

However, there is now duplication with the bulletin produced by NHS Evidence and the Kings Fund. It is recommended that you sign up to this new bulletin by emailing csc@kingsfund.org.uk

Monday 22 February 2010

NHS Evidence needs user input

Redesign of Specialist Collections

One of the main aims of NHS Evidence is to engage with users and stakeholders to understand their information needs and experiences. They are currently planning a series of workshops to develop a better understanding of users’ views about the Specialist Collections and to generate ideas for the future development of these resources. We want to speak to a variety of users who work in different clinical settings and who currently use Specialist Collections, in order to gauge their views across the different resources.

What will be expected of you? You are invited to take part in several workshops and activities, which will take place over a four month period. The first session will take place during the first week in March 2010. This will be carried out in the evening and will last up to two hours. The sessions will be held at research facilities in Manchester.

Interested? contact

Jackie Kearney jackie.kearney@nice.org.uk Tel: 0161 219 3790
Katie Adams katie.adams@nice.org.uk Tel: 0161 219 3750

Monday 1 February 2010

FEBRUARY 2010

Happy Chinese New Year!
Out with the Ox and in with the Tiger...

Greater Manchester Public Health Practice Unit

The Greater Manchester Public Health Practice Unit has announced the launch of their new website, designed to help create excellence in public health practice and improve the health of the people who live and work in Greater Manchester.

The website has sections on partners, how to commission work from the unit and an extensive links section. It also has briefing papers on how to conduct evaluations and documents produced by the unit on topics such as the evaluation of health trainers across Greater Manchester and the on-going drug-related deaths project.

The GM Public Health Practice Unit offers generic skills:

research

critical appraisal

systematic reviews

knowledge management

epidemiology

health economics

systems

project management

service redesign

You can see the new site by clicking on the following link: http://www.gmpublichealthpracticeunit.nhs.uk/

February 4th is World Cancer Day. In recognition of this, Wiley Interscience has compiled a list of cancer articles and made them free for a 60-day period.